Performer:: Dr. Robert Ford has performed with the Todi Music Festival Orchestra, the Virginia and Spokane Symphonies, Currently, Mr. Ford performs with the Lakeside (Ohio) Summer Symphony, and the Eastern Virginia Brass Quintet and is a free lance trombonist in the Tidewater area.

Teacher: Since 1986 - Music Appreciation - Tidewater Community College. Former positions: Classroom music with the Va. Beach Public Schools; Adjunct teacher in low brass instruments at Old Dominion University, Christopher Newport University, and Virginia Wesleyan College. Education:: B.A.(Music) - Ohio Wesleyan University, Master of Music - University of Southern California, Doctor of Musical Arts - Catholic University of America.